According to the textbook, the trend in family therapy today is toward: -
Eclecticism and integration in family therapy
An empirically valid theory confirms what? -
Predictions
The psychodynamic approach to counseling focuses on what? -
unconscious thought processes; which manifests themselves in an individuals behavior
According to Ackerman, family dysfunction reflects; -
a "failure of role complementarity"
Object relations theory evolved from the study of: -
the infants relationship to the mother or primary care giver as the main determinant of adult
personality formation
Object relations theorists believe that infant's need for __________ influences the development of self.
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attachment
What are attachment styles infants develop for their care-givers? -
Secure
Anxious
Avoidant
The psychodynamic technique where clients must say whatever that comes to mind, regardless of how
painful, silly, or irrelevant it may seem is called; -
Free Association
What is the process of releasing and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions? -
Catharsis
Psychodynamic therapist discuss clients past developmental experiences by; -
- Exploring early experiences
- Looking at the ways in which the past tends to "live on" in the present.
- Looking at how the past sheds light on current psychological difficulties
- Freeing patients from the bonds of past experiences
Bowen's approach may be considered a bridge between what two views? -
Psychodynamicaly oriented approaches and systems approaches
Bowen's family systems theory is derived from; -
natural systems theory